Northwest Journal (Newspaper) - November 20, 1968, Chicago, Illinois of TB Coses Here Every five hours last year a new case of tuberculosis was reported among Chicagoans released by The Tub- Institute of Chicago and Cook County the mas Seal agency reveal new active cases of the disease were reported to the Chicago Health Department in 1967 West-Northwest Side com- account for almost 12 per cent of that figure with 229 cases reported in clare mosa Logan Square boldt Park Austin and East and West Garfield Park Also these local communities reported 21 TB deaths about 11 per cr city wide total of 186 Logan Square West Park and Austin racked loth 17th and 18th respectively in a breakdown of communities with the highest number of active TB cases Logan Square had West Garfield Park 35 and Austin 34 Figures from other Northwest Side areas showed Hermosa with 3 active cases and no deaths from TB 19 and 3 sa 7 aid V Park 20 and 1 Five deaths from TB were reported in Logan Square and Austin and three in West Garfield Park The case number ed an 0.6 per cent increase above the total active cases reported to the Department in the previous year The in- crease hiked the city's case rate from 55 to 56 persons per population Chicago's men accounted for 72 per cent of the 1967 active cases more males ed as cases in 1967 than in 1966 number of active cases 733 for white males was more than three times that reported for white females whereas twice as many non-white men 655 as non-white women were reported Chicagoans 45 years or older still accounted for the largest number of TB cases during the year Among this age group in 1967 a total of 982 new cases were reported or 49 per cent of the active cases as compared U 47 per cent in 1966 During 1967 a total of 195 persons died of TB in Chicago or an occurrence death rate of 5.5 per population Of this total 187 were residents and nine were non-residents Seventy-five per cent of the TB deaths occurring in the city last year were in the male tion and 147 of these were over 45 years old The number of deaths de- creased 4.9 per cent from 206 during 1966 NORTHWEST JOURNAL Orr s Harvest Queen A smiling Sandy Bosnyak 17 1435 N Keeler is crowned Harvest Queen at On- High school's annual Harvest ball held last Friday in school gym Adjusting crown on new queen's head is Cathy Robertson also 17 1019 N Keystone who acted as mistress of ceremonies tat event Sandy was one of 17 finalists in queen contest Willing Willie Chicago's Oldest Neighborhood Answer Man Headers are invited to send questions on civic problems that need to be tackled to Willing Willie Community Publications W Chicago ave Chicago lUi 60651 The cover is missing from the fire hydrant in front of my house Since my water meter is just four feet away from it I'd like to know whether during freezing er this will affect the water mains leading house aand nearby neighbors I had thought of stuffing a ket in the hole where the cover is missing but am afraid the children might push it down into the hydrant or take it away Can you find out for me and my neighbors what we can Yon need have no fear of the water mains serving your home and that of your neighbors being frozen because of the missing cap on the hydrant according t John Lee of the water bution bureau Homes and the hydrant are on different leads The covers are there to keep out objects that might be thrown into the hydrant to keep it from functioning This is exactly what could happen if you stuff a blanket in and the youngsters push it further into the hole Lee said the hydrant should have a cover and he is seeing to it immediately so that long before yon read this the cap will have been replaced My son and his friends were playing football on the field at Mozart Park 3840 Armitage I sat in the car at the curb watching them A man came from the house and yelled at the boys to stay away from the south end of the football field This was because his car was parked on a concrete slab back of the fieldhouse near the south end of the field The boys resented this and so did I Why should the boys have to stay away from the south on the field just because the man I he was park director was afraid the ball might hit his car windows or scratch the Besides why should he be permitted to park his car there instead of on the street like everyone Supervisor Sheldon Wexler was on vacation when Willie called the park and was not expected back until Nov 25 We talked to file attendant who said the concrete slab at the back of the is reserved for employes cars To his edge boys playing football are never bothered by the park long as they confine their ball playing to the field and don't use the grassy area between the field and the concrete slab as windows could be broken f I just saw one of those ancient movies on the late late late etc show regarding the island of Atlantis Was Atlantis a real place or just the figment of one's D To date according to the Funk and Wagnall encyclopedia no scientific proof exists that there ever was an Atlantis The ancients believed it to be an island near the Straits of Gibraltar k which was engulfed by the sea during an earthquake As late as the 18th century the French writer Voltaire indicated belief in the Atlantis story related by many notables including the Greek philosopher Plato Vol 10 No 8 4047 W NORTH WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 20 1968 By a At Newsstands ISe copy 20 PAGES TWO SECTIONS Gangler Denies Firing I'm Still Ward Committeeman Seek Performers For Park Musical Casting for the Chicago pre- miere of the musical It's a Bird It's a Plane It's Super- man will begin at p.m Dec 5 at Blackhawk park 2318 N Lavergne All interested sons in the area are invited to try out The play based upon the comic strip was written by the men who com- posed Bye Bye Birdie and Golden Boy Ira Rasof park drama instructor will direct Jean Fardulli former baritone of the Lyric Opera will be musical director The ances are scheduled for production The cast requires actors gers and dancers For tion call Board Gives Race Count For Schools SEE EDITORIAL PAGE 10 The board of education finally released the long awaited racial head count made provisions to bus approximately 130 more May and Spencer pupils to schools and an- plans for a ble unit at Emmet school These were the highlights of last week's board rather quiet one despite talk prior to the meeting that some might be in the offing The racial head count re- what most west Siders had foreseen namely that Austin High school in now almost SO per cent Negro Almost all schools in district 4 showed gains in colored lation with the other area dis- 5 8 and 25 remaining about the same District 5 schools remained predominately white with 8 and 25 maintaining their heavy gro enrollment Orr High school in district 25 reported a colored population of 23.4 per cent com- pared 14.7 last year Dr James Redmond general superintendent of schools also told the board that the ries of the volunteer busing gram involving May and cer pupils would be expanded in order to find another 130 pupils willing to transfer to Northwest Side schools to fill the 534 quota announced last year The busing is seeking to ease the overcrowding tion at May and Spencer which is what Redmond is attempting to do for Emmet with the demountable unit Redmond was given two weeks to see if the land at Fulton and Central could be ob- for the 12 room unit If the board can get the site it would be 90 days before the de- mountable can be ready The unit would contain 10 classrooms and the other two rooms would be converted into an all purpose assembly eria room Many Emmet parents fell the demountable is at most only a measure and they are urging the busing of Emmet pupils to schools further north which they claim have ample empty classroom space to the overcrowding at Emmet Justin McCarthy president of the Organization for a Better Austin one of the strongest ex- of the busing idea said that if Redmond's everall plan is to succeed these students must be bused When the de- is finally ready it too will be vastly overcrowded It is only a temporary solution and the only way we can put a halt to this ever growing lem overcrowding is to bus the students Following is the Negro en- on Page 14 Reports that Harold Gangler had been ousted as ward Republican man were emphatically denied this week by the committeeman himself Gangler said he had no idea where a columnist for a metro- daily bad gotten the in- formation that Gangler had his chevrons ripped off by GOP Cook County Chairman mund J I am still the Republican committeeman for the Gangler told Publications Monday and anyone who doubts that can check with tile county chairman It's nothing but political Gangler added Community Publications re- porters attempted all day day to contact Kucharski but were told he was tied up in meetings On Monday a spokesman at county treasurer's office said the eh air man would be out of town for a few days Gangler who has resided at 1439 N Harding for more than 30 years has held the job of ward GOP com- for the past five I still hold the he stressed The same columnist who re- ported alleged ouster also said the committeeman had been fired from his position in county er's office for nonfeasance This took place the man said three days before the Nov 5 elections This claim too was hotly de- nied by Gangler Although he is no longer with the treasurer's of- fice Gangler said he was cot fired I quit the job more than a month Gangler de- clared He said resigned in order to devote more tame to his real estate and general insurance business which has operated for the past 39 years on the Northwest Side Auxiliary Installs Its New Officers Newly elected officers of the auxiliary of Walther Memorial hospital 1116 N Kedzie will be installed at the auxiliary ing today at p.m in Seidel Hall at the hospital They wil take office in January and serve for the two years Elected to office dent Mrs Elmer 4943 N Hamlin 1st dent Mrs James Beasley 5443 N Glenwood 2nd dent Mrs Rosalie Gona 3918 Augusta recording secretary Mrs Edward Friese 3102 N Leavitt tary Mrs Ludwig Niebllng 5646 S Homan financial tary Mrs Harvey Conine 1413 Granville and treasurer Mrs Charles 4409 Thomas Newly named board bers at Large are Mrs dolph Brauer 7162 Me Alpine Mrs Thomas Brown 3114 N Knox Mrs William Nelson 3836 N Richmond and Mrs Alamo Schaeffer 3907 N Odell The projects in- clude sponsorship of the annual benefit banquet ion show and harvest sale It also operates the coffee and gift shop the gift cart and the brary cart and coordinates the volunteer program which vides many extra services for the hospital and patients Northwest Lions Ladies to Hear The Northwest Lion club wi'l hold its Ladies Night meeting at 7 p.m Nov 26 at the club 2414 N Kedzie The evening promises to be an interesting one as the guest speaker will be George A Laadt a member of the club who has gained fame through his film accounts of tive life in New Guinea Borneo and the islands off Australia is expected to relate one of the more unusual events of his world wide With the use of color slides Laadt will relive the ble adventure as a full member of a tribe in the highlands of New Guinea where he was tually inducted into the tribe during stone age ceremonies Men and women interested in the hospital are invited to join the auxiliary and contribute their time to help expand these projects and programs Services Today For Wife of CP Ad Head Mass will be siaid 10 day Wednesday in Mary Seat of Wisdom church Park Ridge for Mrs Claire M Koch tion will be at the Ryan Park Funeral home 120 S Northwest highway Park Ridge until Interment be in AH Saints cemetery Mrs Koch who retired four years ago after many years of service in the payroll ment of the Chicago Transit Authority died early Sunday morning in Resurrection tal She had been ill for three years A native Chicagoan Mrs Koch and her husband ling P made their borne in Park Ridge for the past eral years Mr Koch is well known in the West-Northwest business community where be has served as display tising department manager of Community Publications news papers from more than 25 years Mrs Koch is survived be- sides her husband by four ters Lucy Wilke Julia Eaves Martha O'Connor and Louise Thau Army Specialist Five Robert M Parise 21 son of Mr and Mrs Rocco M Parise 4820 Cortez received the Good Con- duct medal while assigned to the 10th Artillery in Germany Spec Parise received the award for exemplary conduct efficiency and fidelity in active military service 45 Years For Northwest Lions Northwest Lions club president John Nelson left center of Capitol Bank welcome tance of Lions International third vice dent Robert Uplinger in blowing out candles on birthday cake at anniversary party of Northwest Lions Watching closely are Mrs Nelson and left Erwin Kuncl immediate past governor of District 1A of Lions International who acted as master of ceremonies at event More than 150 Lions ladies and Lion ies attended the party Photo by Oalf trom Dr Won't Tolerate Action of a Few Dissidents Proclaiming that the tion of a fine educational by a few dissidents not be Dr Dorothy Martin has outlined to parents of students her obligations and duties as Austin High school principal In a letter to all parents Which followed on the heeis of the expulsion of an alleged leader a few militant Negro pupils at Austin Dr Martin said she is charged by the board of education rules with discipline the school and has the right to expel im- mediately any student who by his or her behavior disrupts the order of the school From time to her letter goes on it is sary to exercise this function in an attempt to maintain and continuity in the education of all our young children That education she said is our major responsibility and the disruption of that cannot be tolerated IB Of TVr Martin's f Austin High school remains an outstanding educational in- only with the tion and understanding of ils parents and teachers I feel that the majority of our pupils wish to cooperate the teachers have expressed their Thursday Delivery Next Week All seven Community newspapers next will be de- livered Thanksgiving day morning Thursday instead of Wednesday All news and advertising deadlines will remain the same opinions but now I feel I must appeal to parents of all our pupils As every home operates with a set of rules understood and accepted so a school must set up certain well defined rules and regulations First among these are those state statutes compelling attendance at school Then come the rules of the Chicago board of education and the policies of general superintendent of schools Finally we reach the ad- ministrative rules of the schools as announced by the principal without such rules the operations of a school with an enrollment of pupils would be impossible Recently James F mond the general dent of schools stated I Demands which are made are not reasons for staying away from school A child is considered truant when he is willfully absent from school with or without the knowledge of his parents or guardians II The student may be brought before the Juvenile Court for truancy or the parent before the Circuit Court as an indifferent parent if his child is truant The principal is charged by board of education rules with organization ion administration and dis- within the school Under this authority a pal has the right I Excuse from further at- tendance or exclude from the Chicago public schools any il who a serious mental influence on the conduct of the school II Expel immediately any student who by his or her be- havior disrupts the order of the HI Exclude from school any student guilty of excessive dies absences truancies oc any combination thereof From time to time it is essary to exercise this function in an attempt to maintain and continuity in the cation of all our young people Excessive absence at any time places undue burdens on our teachers When many pupils at- tempt to roam the corridors il- legally it is necessary to re- quest the help of our police de- to keep our corridors clear and our teacher free to teach Every young person is tled to the finest education possible Such an education is available at Austin high school The disruption of a fine educational institution by a few dissidents cannot be I ask for understanding on the part of all our parents With your understanding and ation the and I can meet our responsibilities the education of your child MEMBER Chamber of Commerce
